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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Sixth Annual Kevin Kline Awards • Loretto-Hilton Center

Woo-hoo, the Kevin Kline Awards! Or if you'd like, think of them as the Tonys -- St. Louis Edition. They were held yesterday at the Loretto-Hilton Center, and guess who got to go? Me! Actually, they were kind enough to ask that I present an award along with the lovely Greg Johnston (who had the wherewithal and good taste to request that Parliament Funkadelic's "Flashlight" be the last song of the night at the after-party). I was very honored to be included in the festivities. I got to hang out with and meet some wonderful people and had a fabulous time. I also had to fight the urge to gawk and point.

Okay, I'll get to the winners in a minute…

As some of you well know, I love me some theatre people, so I was like a kid in a fancy black-tie and sequined candy store. I must have approached 5 or 6 people to exclaim, "Oh my God I loved you in so and so". "Oh my God you were so good!" I stopped just short of seeing if Ka’ramuu Kush wanted to make out. He's so handsome… Along with a few others, but I'll leave that alone, shall I? Yep. I was that guy. Do I care? No, not really. I mean hell, I got to take a picture with Kari Ely!! She's the bomb. I might frame it.

Here are the winners from this year's Kevin Kline Awards. The winners are in red. There was a tie among them, and even a three-way! Congrats to all!

Photo credit: Nicole Hollway for the St. Louis Beacon

Outstanding Production for Young Audiences "Delilah's Wish," Metro Theater Company"A Peter Rabbit Tale," The Rep's Imaginary Theatre Company "Amelia Earhart," The Rep's Imaginary Theatre Company "The Aristocats," Stages St. Louis"The Nutcracker," The Rep's Imaginary Theatre Company

Outstanding Ensemble in a Musical"Five Guys Named Moe," the Black Rep"The Wild Party," New Line Theatre "Damn Yankees," the Muny "Cats," the Muny "The Aristocats," Stages St. Louis "Show Boat," the Muny "State Fair," Stages St. Louis "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas," New Jewish Theatre

Outstanding Production of a Musical"Five Guys Named Moe," the Black Rep "Big River," Stages St. Louis "Damn Yankees," the Muny "Promises, Promises," Stages St. Louis "The Sound of Music," the Muny "Show Boat," the Muny"State Fair," Stages St. Louis

More information about the Klines, and St. Louis theatre in general, can be found here.